fortune seekers
Those chasing wealth
Fortune seekers are people who pursue wealth or prosperity, often by venturing to new places or taking risks.
The term typically describes those who migrate in search of economic opportunity—gold rush prospectors, immigrants chasing better lives, or adventurers drawn to boomtowns: Fortune seekers flooded into California in 1849.
The phrase can carry a slightly romantic or old-fashioned tone.
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- holy grailSupremely elusive objective
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
- speculatorOne wagering on outcomes
intrepid · coin hoard · miner · opportunist · high stakes · buried treasure · sunken treasure · goldmine · pioneer · treasure map · El Dorado · lost city · expedition · forty-niners · treasure hunter · daredevil · swashbuckler · legendary quest
- Kimberley DiamondsKimberley, De Beers, diamond rush, diamond mining, diamond mines
- Adventurersexplorers, adventurers, pioneers, trailblazers, pathfinders
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- seekerstreasure hunters, searcher, quester, prospectors, pursuer
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- colonizerscolonists, conquistadors, settlers, imperialists, invaders
fortune seekersascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
monks · renunciants · mendicants · minimalists · hermits
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